Display Signed Copies Only Display All Inventory on Abebooks

Available Copies from Independent Booksellers

Coke, Henry J.. A RIDE OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TO OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.. Richard Bentley, London, 1852.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: [ii] pages of advertisement, x, 388 pages of text followed by [ii] pages. Original hardcover marbled cloth binding unusually decorated to resemble marbled paper (light green and maroon); the binding is heavily rubbed and worn, with some bumping and fraying, remaining intact; protected in custom fitted archival mylar. Top front corner bumped causing a small tear in the cover and the first 20 leaves, which have been reinforced with clear tape, and the rear cover is creased causing some creasing to most pages. Illustrated with a frontisportrait. Light to moderate scattered foxing. Howes C548; Sabin 14240; Field 340; Matthews p.314; Wagner Camp 211; Field: "Foolhardy travels.interesting and well told." Howes: "On this perilous 1850 trip undertaken for sheer adventure by two young English sportsmen, two of their seven companions perished; the survival of any was a miracle." Warren Howell, CAT.50.II, 384 notes "Original blind-stamped maroon cloth" for his copy but according to Bentley Company it was apparently first issued, as this copy was, in marbled cloth. First edition. Size: Octavo (8vo)

Seller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Coke, Hon. Henry John. A Ride over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California. With a Glance at Some of the Tropical Islands, including the West Indies and the Sandwich Isles. Richard Bentley, London, 1852.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 390pp. Octavo [23 cm] Marbled brown boards. Rebacked, with most of the original spine laid over. Lithographic frontispiece portrait of the author. Two pages of ads tipped-in before the half-title. The spine is rolled, and the text block is cracked multiple times. The preliminary leaves are nearly detached. No publisher's catalogue at the rear. Wagner 211. Flake 2449. Wright Howes states, "On this perilous 1850 trip undertaken for sheer adventure by two young English sportsmen, two of their seven companions perished; the survival of any was a miracle."

Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.

COKE, Henry J.. A Ride over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California. With a Glance at Some of the Tropical Islands, including the West Indies and the Sandwich Islands.. Richard Bentley, London, 1852.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Octavo, x, 388, [2, Note], [2, blank], 12 [publisher's ads], [2. ads] pp. with mounted lithographed frontispiece portrait on India paper (printed by the innovative lithography firm of Hullmandel). Publisher's marbled cloth, gilt spine lettering, pale yellow endpapers. Expertly rebacked preserving the original spine and endpapers. Tips lightly bumped, gilt a bit dull, bookplate. A very good copy.?A fascinating account of this perilous 1850 expedition, undertaken for sheer adventure.in which two of their seven companions perished, and the survival of any was a miracle. The exuberant spirit of the globe-trotting Coke is evident in every chapter of this book. His ability to describe the sights and sensations of his journey has resulted in a most entertaining narrative.? (Hill). ?The last chapter of this travel book features California and the Gold Rush. He met Captain Sutter in Marysville and went to the Hock Farm. He [gives] his views on ?Judge Lynch? and the Yankee personality.? (Kurutz). The 'Note' is quite interesting as it is mainly taken up with the pros and cons of emigrating from England to either Australia or Oregon.From the library of Frederick E. Ellis, with his bookplate. A former teacher, astronomer and sailor, Ellis was known in the San Juan Islands as "the father of Shaw Island" for his ongoing efforts to preserve the wetlands, agricultural fields, forests with old-growth remnants and undisturbed shoreline on Shaw Island (pop. 235), the smallest of the four San Juan Islands served by the state ferry system.Flake 2449. Graff 796. Hill 330. Kurutz, Gold Rush, 144. Wheat, Gold Rush, 44.

Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

COKE, Henry J[ohn] [1827-1916].. A Ride Over The Rocky Mountains To Oregon And California. With A Glance At Some Of The Tropical Islands, Including The West Indies And The Sandwich Isles.. London: Richard Bentley, 1852., 1852.

Price: US$711.84 + shipping

Description: 8vo. pp.2 p.l., [vii]-x, 388, [2]. lacking half-title. lithographed frontis. portrait of the author on India paper, mounted. contemporary half calf (bit rubbed, library rubberstamps on frontis. verso, title, first & last 3 pages of text, scattered foxing - heavy on outer leaves, otherwise light). First Edition. "Henry Coke arrived in Saint Louis in May of 1850, having traveled from England by way of the West Indies. He sailed up the Missouri as far as Mormon Winter Quarters and followed the north bank of the Platte to the Sweetwater River, then crossed over South Pass, reaching The Dalles in Oregon in October. He then sailed to Hawaii and later returned to the United States by way of San Francisco. He devotes most of his book to recounting his experiences while crossing the plains." (Wagner-Camp) "On this perilous 1850 trip undertaken for sheer adventure by two young English sportsmen, two of their seven companions perished; the survival of any was a miracle." (Howes) "".Coke's narrative of.incidents of Indian life and adventure which he saw and experienced, are interesting and well told." (Field) Howes C-548. Cowan p. 50. Field 340. Graff 796. Sabin 14240. Streeter V 3060. Wagner-Camp 211.

Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada

COKE, Henry J.. Ride over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California. , 1852.

Price: US$1100.00 + shipping

Description: COKE, Henry J. A Ride Over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California. With a Glance at Some of the Tropical Islands, Including the West Indies and the Sandwich Isles. London: Richard Bentley, 1852. 1st ed. Portr. (10), 388, (2)pp. A fine copy bound in later 3/4 morocco. Howes C-548. Wagner-Camp-211. "On this perilous 1850 trip undertaken for sheer adventure by two young English sportsmen, two of their seven companions perished; the survival of any was a miracle."

Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.